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Re:New Twist Found in the Story of Life’s Start (2014) by gjm11 on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @09:11PM (#20220052)
This looks to me like crankishness close to the Time Cube level. Is there some reason why you think it's worthy of attention, or relevant to this? (Beyond the fact that it mentions helices, I mean.)
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Re:New Twist Found in the Story of Life’s Start (2014) by espeed on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @09:25PM (#20220117)
Cycloidal paths show up throughout the quantum world (hints of which I've posted about before [1]). This is the first time I've seen anyone pose a possible relationship between the cycloid, life and the helix. And in any case, sometimes there are gems buried in unknown papers. As Eric Weinstein states it, many things are "Pre-Correct, Currently Crazy" [2] -- the trick is to find them.

[1] Some interesting properties of cycloids and places they show up https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18586144

[2] MIT AI Podcast: Eric Weinstein - Revolutionary Ideas in Science, Math, and Society https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19458503

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